Photos for May 31, 2006

Mark Parkinson speaks to supporters after being named as running mate with Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, left, during a stop today in Overland Park. Parkinson is the former chairman of the Kansas Republican Party. Sebelius is a Democrat.

Halie Rachelle Gray, a fourth-grader at Eugene Ware Elementary School in Kansas City, Kan., receives a bike from Dr. Daniel Ranjbar, Lawrence, district chairman for the Kansas Dental Assn. Halie was the district winner of the annual drawing contest for National Children's Dental Health Month. Ranjbar Orthodontics submitted the picture.

African pompano swim at the New England Aquarium on Tuesday in Boston. The fish, which usually range as far north as the Carolinas, were caught last autumn by a fisherman in Rhode Island. Aquarium biologists attribute their appearance in Rhode Island waters to rising ocean temperatures.

Michael Dwyer/AP Photo

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Union Pacific steam Locomotive No. 844 heads west past the Lawrence Visitors Center Tuesday. Steam Locomotive No. 844 is the last steam locomotive built for Union Pacific Railroad. It was delivered in 1944. The historic engine is on a 35-day, 10-state tour to celebrate the railroad's history and heritage.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt tour the Immaculate Conception School in Port au Prince, Haiti, in this Jan. 13, 2006, photo. Jolie and Pitt have named their new daughter Shiloh Nouvel. Shiloh is a Hebrew word that can be translated as Messiah, and Nouvel is a French word meaning new.

Joey Ryan paddles through the yard of his friend's home Tuesday near Fannett, Texas. Ryan, who lives nearby, was checking the area flooded by Monday's heavy rains, which dumped more than 13 inches on the area.

Jennifer Reynolds/AP Photo

President Bush nominated Goldman Sachs Chairman Henry M. Paulson Jr. as Treasury secretary on Tuesday. The two spoke in the Rose Garden at the White House. If approved by the Senate, Paulson would succeed John Snow.

Jockey Edgar Prado greets Barbaro as Dr. Dean Richardson, right, watches at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa. Prado paid his first visit Tuesday to Barbaro since pulling up the colt early in the the Preakness.

Phoenix Suns guard Raja Bell (19) shoots over Dallas Mavericks defender Devin Harris. Bell, playing for the first time since Game 1 of the series, scored nine points to help the Suns win, 106-86, and tie the Western Conference finals at two games apiece.